limit-count

Parameters

count: is the specified number of requests threshold.
time_window: is the time window in seconds before the request count is reset.
rejected_code: The HTTP status code returned when the request exceeds the threshold is rejected. The default is 503.
key: is the user specified key to limit the rate, now only accept “remote_addr”(client's IP) as key

example

enable plugin

Here's an example, enable the limit count plugin on the specified route:

curl -i http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/routes/1 -X PUT -d '
{
    "uri": "/index.html",
    "plugins": {
        "limit-count": {
            "count": 2,
            "time_window": 60,
            "rejected_code": 503,
            "key": "remote_addr"
        }
    },
    "upstream": {
        "type": "roundrobin",
        "nodes": {
            "39.97.63.215:80": 1
        }
    }
}'

test plugin

The above configuration limits access to only 2 times in 60 seconds. The first two visits will be normally:

curl -i http://127.0.0.1:9080/index.html

The response header contains X-RateLimit-Limit and X-RateLimit-Remaining, which mean the total number of requests and the remaining number of requests that can be sent:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 13175
Connection: keep-alive
X-RateLimit-Limit: 2
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 0
Server: APISIX web server

When you visit for the third time, you will receive a response with the 503 HTTP code:

HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 194
Connection: keep-alive
Server: APISIX web server

<html>
<head><title>503 Service Temporarily Unavailable</title></head>
<body>
<center><h1>503 Service Temporarily Unavailable</h1></center>
<hr><center>openresty</center>
</body>
</html>

This means that the limit count plugin is in effect.

disable plugin

When you want to disable the limit count plugin, it is very simple, you can delete the corresponding json configuration in the plugin configuration, no need to restart the service, it will take effect immediately:

curl http://127.0.0.1:9080/apisix/admin/routes/1 -X PUT -d '
{
    "methods": ["GET"],
    "uri": "/index.html",
    "upstream": {
        "type": "roundrobin",
        "nodes": {
            "39.97.63.215:80": 1
        }
    }
}'

The limit count plugin has been disabled now. It works for other plugins.